1. Namiko Abe, (ND) About.com-Japaneese Language (No Retrieved Date) http://japanese.about.com/blqow41.htm
Banzai means 10,000 years of life. It is written with kanji letters for ten thousand and age. It is also a Japanese cheer meaning Long Life! or Hurah!, usually said with large groups of people. It is usually said 3 times in a row, showing enthusiastem. Sometimes it is said to have the chanters lift their arms up.
Banzai Charge-Wikipedia, last modified November 3rd 2010 at 2:00 A.M. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banzai_charge
This is your Banzai Charge Wikipedia. This page tells you a lot about bazai charges, as well as pictures. This tells you that a banzai charge is a suicide charge for when the Japaneese ran out of ammunition for their rifles or sub-machine guns. This page has links for you to look at of the battles that banzai charges were used in. Some of those are the battle of Attu, the battle of Iwo Jima, and the battle of Okinawa.
This page is another small page. It is a place to go if you are doing a one paragraph essay on banzai charges. It tells that banzai charges were done instead of surrender because of the Japaneese code of honor. The Japaneese thought this saying "it is better to die an honorable man than survive with no honor". The battle of Attu was lost because of a banzai charge.
(NA), (ND), Retrieved: November 30th, 2010 from http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Banzai
This site is your standard Q&A website. It tells you about 2 meanings of banzai. One of them being the plant. One of them being a term first used in WWII. Banzai is still used today, but not in a violent way.
http://japanese.about.com/blqow41.htm
Banzai means 10,000 years of life. It is written with kanji letters for ten thousand and age. It is also a Japanese cheer meaning Long Life! or Hurah!, usually said with large groups of people. It is usually said 3 times in a row, showing enthusiastem. Sometimes it is said to have the chanters lift their arms up.
Banzai Charge-Wikipedia, last modified November 3rd 2010 at 2:00 A.M.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banzai_charge
This is your Banzai Charge Wikipedia. This page tells you a lot about bazai charges, as well as pictures. This tells you that a banzai charge is a suicide charge for when the Japaneese ran out of ammunition for their rifles or sub-machine guns. This page has links for you to look at of the battles that banzai charges were used in. Some of those are the battle of Attu, the battle of Iwo Jima, and the battle of Okinawa.
banzai charge- The Oxford Compainion to WWll. last modified 2001, Encyclopedia.com.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O129-banzaicharge.html
This page is another small page. It is a place to go if you are doing a one paragraph essay on banzai charges. It tells that banzai charges were done instead of surrender because of the Japaneese code of honor. The Japaneese thought this saying "it is better to die an honorable man than survive with no honor". The battle of Attu was lost because of a banzai charge.
(NA), (ND), Retrieved: November 30th, 2010 from
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_Banzai
This site is your standard Q&A website. It tells you about 2 meanings of banzai. One of them being the plant. One of them being a term first used in WWII. Banzai is still used today, but not in a violent way.
http://www.awesomestories.com/flicks/wind-talkers/banzai-charge-at-saipan